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Dewhurst Pollster Discusses Results of Internal Survey

by Hollie O'Connor
August 1, 2012
9 Comments

Ted Cruz on Tuesday won the Republican primary nomination for U.S. Senate by a margin of 13 percentage points, which was close to the predictions of Public Policy Polling and Cruz's own camp, but dramatically divergent from the latest figures that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's campaign released just before the runoff vote.

The Dewhurst campaign, using Baselice & Associates as its internal pollster, showed Dewhurst ahead by 5 points in a July 27 memo. According to the memo, the poll surveyed 1,106 likely voters between July 24 and 26, and showed Dewhurst polling at 48 percent and ...

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Comments (9)

August 1, 2012 @ 8:35 p.m.

Bruce Bond via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Duh
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August 1, 2012 @ 8:50 p.m.

Lloyd Griffith via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Should have factored in that he's an idiot, too.
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August 1, 2012 @ 8:57 p.m.

Jason M. Ryan via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Should have factored in the distasteful ads. That's why folks I know turned to Cruz.
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August 1, 2012 @ 9:05 p.m.

Carolyn Moon via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Or they could have just driven around and counted signs.
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August 1, 2012 @ 9:18 p.m.

Ian Crawford via Texas Tribune on Facebook

George Gallup said something similar after Truman-Dewey in '48...
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August 1, 2012 @ 9:25 p.m.

Justin Mills via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Yeah, but if you do that the polls won't reflect the narrative you are trying to create.
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August 1, 2012 @ 10:24 p.m.

Tom Sweazea via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Just what we need, another dumbass TeaBigot holding the country hostage... Tx Establishment GOP says Cruz election will eventually turn Tx back to purple. Can't happen soon enough....then we put the convicted felon Tom DeLay in prison for sure.
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August 2, 2012 @ 10:24 a.m.

Mike Openshaw via Texas Tribune on Facebook

WOw, Tom; Ted Cruz- who is HISPANIC- is a TeaBigot?? And Texas turning purple?? Only with enough of the wrong medication mixed with Kool-aid. The runoff had a MASSIVE turnout, something that should terrify the professional political class.
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August 2, 2012 @ 1:20 p.m.

Ellen Sweets

whatever.

dewhurst still got the election bought out from under him.

who would have thought he could be defeated by a candidate only slightly to the right of attila the hun...